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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

2 brothers strangled in their sleep by python that entered their room through a vent

Two brothers, age five and seven, (pictured above) have
been tragically strangled to death in their sleep by a massive 16-foot
python that escaped from a pet store below the apartment where the
children were staying. Connor and Noah Barth were
sleeping soundly when the 100-pound African Rock Python fell from the
ceiling and attacked them. The
boys were spending the night with Jean-Claude Savoie, who lives above
the Reptile Ocean pet store that he owns in the tiny New Brunswick city
of Campbellton in Canada. Continue...

Reptile Ocean is home to a veritable
menagerie of exotic animals, including crocodiles, tarantulas, tortoises
and numerous snakes. Mr Savoie described to theGlobal News
how he walked into the living room and found the two boys dead about
6.30am on Monday. He found the snake coiled in a hole nearby. He said
the creeping serpent slithered upstairs into his apartment through the
ventilation ducts and creeped into the ceiling. It then fell through the ceiling and
dropped onto the small boys from above. Mr Savoie said he believes the
snake coiled around both children and crushed them as they slept
together on the floor.The National Postreports that the
snake was a 14 to 16-foot African rock python that even its
owner said was 'vicious' and was rarely handled.

This anaconda is believed to be one of the very large snakes Jean-Claude Savoie kept at his Reptile Ocean pet shop

Tim
Thomas, a former Reptile Ocean employee, told the newspaper that when
he learned of the tragedy, he immediately called Mr Savoie's best
friend, Mandy Trecartin, who told him it was her boys who were killed.

Mr Savoie operated Reptile Ocean as both a
pet shop and as a zoo. He kept numerous snakes and lizards and small
crocodiles to sell, but he hosted tour groups.

'He always had kids going in there to visit like school kids and groups,' a neighbour said

The boys with their mum

The horrifying deaths of the two children shocked residents of the small city of 7,400 in northern New Brunswick.

'It’s very nerve-wracking. If one got out, how many else got out,' Ms Fournier said. Police
said an autopsy on Tuesday will confirm the exact cause of death,
though officials believe the boys were crushed to death by the snake. Mr Savoie said he captured the snake and turned it over to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who are examining the creature.

An
RCMP spokeswoman said the major crimes unit is investigating the case
and will determine whether any criminal charges should be filed against
the owner.

I just don't understand the rationale behind keeping dangerous animals at home or where people live. It is simply dangerous. The sight of snake is creepy and there are just too many accidents these days. May their souls rest in peace

Tragic.Why would anyone have a semi-zoo just above a residential apartment?Pet shops house dogs,cats and other non-violent domestic animals not crocs,pythons and such deadly reptiles.Yet,bloody PETA wants us to be kind to all animals...dangerous or not.I trust my fellas back home,that python would have been killed and eaten.

Gosh! This is horrendous!! Why can't these Americans stop keeping such dangerous animals as pets? This isn't the first time such a related case has hit the news. Now look at the result, a worthless animal terminating the promising lives of two beautiful little boys, how sad! May God grant the family the fortitude to bear this huge loss.

Oh dear! I have got two boys age six and four, can't imagine this happening to my kids, the fear and struggle to survive while they were being strangled, this is horrific. May their beautiful soul rest in peace.kisses and hugs to you both.

HOw tragic,oyibo people and their wahala.♈ would I allow my child to go spend holidays where animals like snakes are kept,he is not suppose to make dat place his resident,now c d out come.my heart bleeds for those kids.#mamaj#

@Anonymous 4:25: It's better to let people think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it with the type of drivel you just posted.

Open your dictionary and check for the word "American", one of its meaning would be "A native or inhabitant of any country of North, Central or South America, isn't Canada in North America? Or you think its only people from the US that are called Americans?

I have enlightened you today from your ignorance, Thank me later, you are welcome!

Hmm, O Canada, poor boys.. Even as a resident of Canada, knowing where I come from I fear toy snake not to talk of real ones with poison or no poison. Its quite unfortunate, they find these things attractive...

God rest their soul but this story no add up so i no blame the criminal charges.How can a snake crash in from the ceiling without making noise? the crash didnt wake the boys or the owner? was the 'crash' that quiet? and why didnt the boys shout? If a snake wraps itself around a prey, it brakes its bones slowly so that it can easily 'eat' the prey. and lets not forget that they are cold to the skin. How snake go wrap around you and you no go feel am? how can it wrap around the two boys AT THE SAME TIME?how can the snake after wrapping itself around the boy then go and hide in a corner?

@ nonye u re inhumane! We re talking death and d first thing I see is : first to comment! Like seriously u need ur head checked. Some ppl on dz Blog sha. This is so sad such cute boys to die like that. But oyibos alwz do some crazy stuffs I wonder a times. How could u call that a pet shop and yet the animals are harmful? Thot pets weren't supposed to be harmful? If truly they were killed by d python may God accept their little souls.

OMG!!!!!This is so sad. Poor little children. Mheeen! I bet their parents will be in emotional coma now. May their souls rest in peace! Meanwhile, anonymous 8:25pm, park well abeg. What are you feeling like? You are not a detective and you certainly suck at trying to be one. Did you consider that these were very young boys and anacondas are known to strangle large animals like deers and crocs. And its possible that the children's innocence may have drawn them to the snake in the first place or one of them trying to save the other and getting killed too in the process. The fact that they were eaten by the snake even after being killed is something to be pondered upon.

Nevertheless, I feel traumatised as a human being that two little cute innocent boys could dieIin this horrible manner! Lord have mercy!

PC, u r wrong, when u use americans or american people, they are citizens, or natives, of the United States of America. So don't gimme that shit about north americans, south americans being referred to as americans blah blah, just open the link and close ur mumu dictionary